A few nights ago I sat with some friends, we talked about Freedom, how each person has a different definition to what’s FREE to them. I love Nina Simone’s simple definition: “Freedom is no fear”.
A few days later I found myself dancing like an idiot in a Brooklyn bar. Luckily a sweet girl joined me and we were idiots together - it felt FREE. That night I wrote a single line to remember: “We moved like we’re not afraid”

I recently bought a cheap Crumar synth, it has only 5 sounds, including its beautiful, warm, BRASS patch. Been messing around with this patch, then duplicated it with a piano and programed a rough beat. Feel free to download/use the beat (below)

Worked on the beat a little more. Found a sweet, cheap-sounding, marimba sample, brings a slow-dance-beach-party movement into the picture.
A couple of files from the beat are available for you to download below. cut it, pitch it, change it... or use as is.

Another interview I bumped into; at one point Feist is asked about choosing band members; “How do you choose who to make mistakes with?” simply poetic. The sentence got stuck in my head - the option to show your mistakes, an imperfect, unedited version, can be liberating. The line "Who do you make mistakes with" found its way into the next song

Today we let go of a Snare we loved (loved but not enough..,)
Feel free to download the sample I recorded below and use it!

Edit: Tomer Rabinowitz

Drums day with Yoni Halevy. Recorded with one mic only, and removed the Bassdrum altogether. On the right you can hear the drums inside the overall beat. Feel free to download and use the original recording!
UPDATE: Just got another version from the genius Tchad Blake - available below (thanks Tchad!)

Decided not to leave Dobbs Ferry till I had the 2nd verse written. First time that I get to look at the different steps in the writing process myself... Big thanks to Roy Rochlin for joining the trip and documenting!

Mastering day for We Moved! Big thanks Brian Lucey for taking the time to talk about the process.

Edit: Tomer Rabinowitz

Mastering day for We Moved! Big thanks Brian Lucey for taking the time to talk about the process.

I recorded an explosive cabbage, ran it through some pedals and added it into the beat. Download the recording below (could be amazing on top of an EDM snare, as those crunchy snaps)

Working mostly nights and very early mornings on this song. "Almost forgot the heart" is the line I keep singing these days, after working on promoting, developing, technologing, facebooking for so long. good to be back

Vocal & Strings melody idea I just had (sorry for the quality, recorded on the go...)

Recording Silence, making a Bass Drum

The dust begins to settle.

• This update is part of Song 2. Go to Tracks View to see the evolution of the song • Edit: Daphni Leef

The noise is over. Spent a few days in nature• I think I have a melody• I know what the song is about, not sure how to deliver it yet• Recorded these Wind Chimes, ran them through an old compressor, added the Cabbage recording and started this beat! You can Download & Use my recording, enjoy!

• Edit: Daphni Leef

Recorded a silly note to myself, but looks like a part of it is becoming the actual chorus

Edit: Daphni Leef • Diner cam: Roy Rochlin • Post: Tomer Rabinowitz

Walking around the subways singing the note from yesterday, think I found the chorus!

I took the heartbeats of Kickstarter supporters and made an instrumental edit of #Almostforgot using their hearts as a click-track. BIG THANKS to everyone who donated their heart <3

• Edit: Tomer Rabinowitz • Heart Detection: David Baet-Halahchmi

Obsessed with the synth sound at the beginning of this Karate Kid song. Sampled it and started this beat

I sent this rough idea to Keegan DeWitt of Wild Cub. A great voice for this Blade-Runner type vision.Also - the VINYL HISS I'm using on many j.viewz songs is available for you to download & use. Enjoy!

Edit: Daphni Leef

Starting to collect sounds with Wild Cub

Edit & Post: Tomer Rabinowitz

Building a layered pad with Wild Cub. Doug Mosher joined us on Sax - you can download one of his takes below

Edit & Post: Tomer Rabinowitz

Last day with the Wild Cubs; chatting about the lyrics, laying down some vocal options, and back to NY!

LYRICS FROM THE DAYI was lost and wanderingI couldn’t see your facethat tangled branch inside megrew and grew to a deeper place

and I couldn’t sayor wash it awaythe things that i had hid insideI tried and tried

you stood therein the night aira flicker in the fading lightsyou lift the veil from

I stood there naked and I feltnew in front of your heartmade clean by your raw fire Itook the darkness and tore apart

I can’t goI won’t hideI need to hear you say that-

something’s shownin the lightlook me in my eyes

Lyrics: Keegan DeWitt • Edit: Daphni Leef

The song just CLICKED. (plus, free download for DNA members below)

I made a soundtrack for a voice memo, thoughts about love, darkness, and light

It's the same intelligence, the one that makes you remember to breathe, and the one that makes the sun produce explosions 30 times the size of earth.This is the most inspiring documentation of the sun by Nasa

This post is not linked to any song yet

Adding some last minute parts. Feel free to download and use a snippet from the bass I recorded - see below

Edit: Tomer Rabinowitz

A quick commentary before going live with the next song

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About the project

j.viewz
Brooklyn, NY

The making of an album is a beautiful process that most people don’t get to experience,” says j.viewz. “The DNA Project was born out of a desire to break down the elements that the songs are made of, and to connect with my audience during this process. I'm intrigued by the option to share the experience of making my next album in real-time, and also to open the source of my songs and let other creators use the elements that I collect along the way. There are so many dimensions to music beyond the final product, I hope that this project will help unfold them.

The DNA Project is a music experiment by Brooklyn-based producer and songwriter j.viewz, that brings the power of community to the album-making experience. The DNA website gives fans access to the different components that form the songs, such as the sounds, the stories, and the people involved in the upcoming j.viewz album.

The Timeline view will be the home for every update throughout the project, even before the update becomes part of a song. Gradually, as the songs begin to form, they will start to appear as threads across the timeline, with each song-thread linking its corresponding updates. Clicking the songs will open the Tracks view, which will present the step-by-step evolution of every song and the progression of the entire album.

Users can also access the DNA view for freeform exploration of the elements inside the songs. Some posts will allow users to download sounds and use them in their own songs, or even to build upon the files and upload their work back to the website, making it available to j.viewz or other users. This dialog can form a continuos 'remix' of content and form 'branches' on a creative tree. The project is planned to run for 10 months with a new song released approximately once a month.

j.viewz is embarking on the artistic journey with award-winning digital agency Hello Monday.

Together they will work toward redefining the way music is created in the digital space.